Live from the Backyard
Live from the Backyard is a live DVD concert by American rock group Widespread Panic, which was recorded live in Austin, Texas on July 20, 2002. The DVD features over two hours of music as well as backstage footage and interviews with the band. The DVD was recorded less than a month after the final performance of lead guitarist Michael Houser, who would shortly die from pancreatic cancer. George McConnell, who would later officially succeed Houser, plays lead guitar throughout the performance but is credited on the DVD as a "special guest."
Exclaim! noted, "The content is primarily documentary in nature, featuring the band and their pastimes outside of the group."
Track listing
Disc One
Set OneSet Two
- Bayou Lena
- Give
- Old Neighborhood
- Get In Get Out
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Jam
- Drums
- Pickin' Up the Pieces
- Christmas Katie
- Action Man
- Old Joe
- Blue Indian
- Imitation Leather Shoes
Disc Two
- Movie/Behind the Scenes Collage
- Exclusive Band Interview
- Panic Pastimes
- Meet the Crew
- Photo Gallery
Personnel
Widespread Panic
- John Bell – Vocals, guitar
- John "JoJo" Hermann – Keyboards, vocals
- Todd Nance – Drums, vocals
- Domingo S. Ortiz – Percussion, vocals
- David Schools – Bass, vocals
Guest musicians
- Randall Bramblett** – Saxophone, vocals
- George McConnell – Guitar, vocals
- Cody Dickinson – Percussion
- Luther Dickinson – Guitar
Production
- Michael Drumm – Director and Producer
- Jon Obenchain & Amy Weller – Editors
- Dan Russo & Meg Harkins – Producers for Sanctuary Records
- Buck Williams – Producer for Widespread Panic
- John Keane – Audio Mixer
- *Assisted by Chris Byron
- Mark Waldrep, AIX Media Group – Audio Editing and Mastering, Authored
- Sam Lanier & Brown Cat, Inc., Buck Williams – Management
- Billy Perkins – Cover Design
- Smay Vision – Package Design
- Jackie Jasper – Photo